March is Youth Arts Month. This is an opportunity to emphasize the value of art and art
education for all children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. Speaking of quality art programs, we are fortunate to have an exceptional art program at Franklin. Some of you may know that Diane Jaquith, our art teacher, is an expert in the field of art education. She is the co-founder of Teaching for Artistic Behavior and the co-author of The Learner-Directed Classroom: Developing Creative Thinking Skills Through Art (2012) and Engaging Learners Through Artmaking (2009). In fact, Ms. Jaquith has been invited to present at the National Learning and the Brain Conference in New York City this May (http://www.learningandthebrain.com/Event-271/The-Science-of-Smarter-Minds/Program). We are incredibly fortunate that our students get to learn with Ms. Jaquith every week. Franklin students engage in art making through a choice-based learning model offering multiple studio centers. After whole-group instruction, students continue working on an existing artwork or make a new choice. Emphasis is placed on artistic process and developing studio habits (from Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education). These habits are being piloted across the district and help to frame learning through the arts. This year’s studio habits include Envisioning, Engaging and Persisting, Developing Craft and Reflecting. Students use these habits to guide their self-directed work during art class each week. To see more great artwork emerging from Franklin's Creativity Studio, visit our Artsonia gallery:
education for all children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. Speaking of quality art programs, we are fortunate to have an exceptional art program at Franklin. Some of you may know that Diane Jaquith, our art teacher, is an expert in the field of art education. She is the co-founder of Teaching for Artistic Behavior and the co-author of The Learner-Directed Classroom: Developing Creative Thinking Skills Through Art (2012) and Engaging Learners Through Artmaking (2009). In fact, Ms. Jaquith has been invited to present at the National Learning and the Brain Conference in New York City this May (http://www.learningandthebrain.com/Event-271/The-Science-of-Smarter-Minds/Program). We are incredibly fortunate that our students get to learn with Ms. Jaquith every week. Franklin students engage in art making through a choice-based learning model offering multiple studio centers. After whole-group instruction, students continue working on an existing artwork or make a new choice. Emphasis is placed on artistic process and developing studio habits (from Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education). These habits are being piloted across the district and help to frame learning through the arts. This year’s studio habits include Envisioning, Engaging and Persisting, Developing Craft and Reflecting. Students use these habits to guide their self-directed work during art class each week. To see more great artwork emerging from Franklin's Creativity Studio, visit our Artsonia gallery:
